Electronic Communication
Crime Reduction and Prevention
Officer Safety and Survival Skills
Patrol Basics
Responding to Calls
100

This term refers to texting, emailing, and radio communications.

What is electronic communications?

100

This concept encourages the community to work with law enforcement to address the causes of crime and other community issues.

What is community oriented policing?

100

This term is used to described a physical or emotional reaction to an event or situation.

What is stress?

100

This is the main activity that officers perform daily.

What is patrolling?

100

When responding to a call identify this type of route.

What is the safest and quickest? 

200

This is the most common electronic device that officers use.

What is a radio?

200

This key element of the SARA model involves looking for patterns in crimes, victims, or geographic locations. 

What is scanning?

200

Acute and chronic stress are two categories of stress discussed in the chapter.  These are two other categories of stress discussed in the chapter.

What is cumulative and delayed stress?

200

This is a brief meeting officers attend before each shift. It provides information about current issues to keep in mind while on patrol.

What is roll call?

200

Identify the type of incident, the location, the complainant’s name, and their relationship to the location in order to conduct this type of assessment.

What is preliminary?

300

These individuals are generally non-sworn personnel who operate the radio and telecommunications systems.

Who are dispatchers?

300

The SARA model is a continuous cycle . If this part of the process shows that the solution failed, the cycle continues until the problem is adequately solved.

What is assessment?

300

This is the act of recognizing or noting a fact or occurrence using the senses.

What is observation?

300

This is a description of the suspect, the suspect’s name, and any additional information that would help apprehend the suspect.

What is a BOLO (Be On the Look Out)?

300

Asking the victim or witness to describe what happened and to describe the suspect helps to develop this which is necessary in order to charge a person with a crime.

What is probable cause?

400

These two databases are used by law enforcement on a daily basis and are referred to as FCIC/NCIC.

What is the Florida Crime Information Center and the National Crime Information Center?

400

This combines community policing with law enforcement intelligence.

What is intelligence-led policing?

400

This term is used to describe an object or environment that provides camouflage for an officer but will not stop incoming gunfire.

What is concealment?

400

This activity is any activity that is abnormal for a specific time of day in a particular area; however, it may not be criminal activity.

What is suspicious?

400

Weapons and this determine the number of officers that respond to a scene.

What are hazards?

500

In accordance with rules established by Florida’s secretary of state, all radio transmissions that are recorded must be kept for this amount of time. 

What is 30 days?

500

DDACTS (Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety) is the combination of location-based crime and this type of data to determine the most effective methods for deploying law enforcement and other resources.

What is traffic crash data?

500

This is the narrowing of the field of view during a stressful event, such as a vehicle pursuit, foot chase, or armed confrontation.

What is tunnel vision?

500

These are the three most common types of patrol.

What are vehicle, foot, and bicycle?

500

Securing the contents of your pockets and equipment on your duty belt, turning your cell phone to silent mode,  avoiding backlighting/silhouetting other officers, and using cover and concealment are this type of technique that officers use when approaching a scene.

What are safety techniques?

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